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Australian Army soldiers from 1st Armoured Regiment remove flood-damaged equipment and furniture during a clean up of Richmond River High School in Lismore, New South Wales. Story by Captain Annie Richardson. Photo by Warrant Officer Class Two Max Bree.

Lismore high school gets armoured support

14/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2980 Views 0 Comments 1st Armoured Regiment, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Only a week ago Richmond River High was underwater, with floods scraping the second-storey ceiling of the Riverside Campus in

Australian Army soldiers and Mr Daniel Clark, Coraki SES commander, check on community members along Bungawalbin Creek in northern New South Wales. Story by Captain Catalina Martinez-Pinto. Photo by Corporal Sagi Biderman.

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Army, SES rescue man during welfare check

14/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2537 Views 0 Comments Operation Flood Assist 2022, State Emergency Service (SES)

Australian Army soldiers joined State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers recently to conduct welfare checks along Bungawalbin Creek in northern New

A northern New South Wales farmer watches Army soldiers from 8th/12th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, load feed for his stock into his ute as part of Operation Flood Assist 2022. Photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.

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Operation Flood Assist 2022 – Update

14/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2405 Views 0 Comments Operation Flood Assist 2022

CAPTION: A northern New South Wales farmer watches Army soldiers from 8th/12th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, load feed for his

Army soldiers Sapper Callan Stuart, left, and Sapper Ben Lowe, right, load flood-damaged furniture and equipment from Lismore police station in northern NSW onto a truck. Story by Captain Annie Richardson. Photo by Warrant Officer Class Two Max Bree.

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Clean up continues in Lismore

14/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1996 Views 0 Comments 9th Combat Service Support Battalion, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Waterlogged furniture, office supplies and carpets were piled high outside the Lismore police station. CAPTION: Army soldiers Sapper Callan Stuart,

An Australian Army’s new Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle conducts a live-fire battle run during exercise Diamond Walk at Shoalwater Bay, Queensland. Story by Captain Jesse Robilliard. Photo by Private Jacob Hilton.

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Defence to grow by around 30%

10/03/202227/10/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2095 Views 0 Comments

Prime Minister Scott Morrison today announced that the size and capability of the Australian Defence Force will be significantly increased.

An Army soldier uses a backhoe to clear flood-damaged household goods from a street in Lismore, as part of Operation Flood Assist 2022. Story and photo by Warrant Officer Class Two Max Bree.

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Lismore flood-damaged goods cleaned up

10/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2116 Views 0 Comments 6th Engineer Support Regiment, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Bobcats scoop up destroyed stock from an electrical supply store and move back-and-forth, emptying the waste into an Army dump

Private Tejinder Singh (right) and Private Leon Hooke of 9th Force Support Battalion prepare an Army truck for travel to Lismore in northern NSW to assist with clean-up efforts. Story by Captain Annie Richardson.

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Making logistics happen

10/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2211 Views 0 Comments 17th Sustainment Brigade, Operation Flood Assist 2022

More than 250 Army soldiers from 17th Sustainment Brigade were rapidly preparing to respond to the flood crisis in Lismore in

An Army officer from 7th Brigade carries sandbags across a flooded section of trail to repair flood-damaged access tracks in Imbil, Queensland, as part of Operation Flood Assist 2022. Story by Flight Lieutenant Tanya Carter. Photo by Corporal Julia Whitwell.

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Army paves the way in Gympie and surrounds

10/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2028 Views 0 Comments 7th Brigade, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Soldiers from Brisbane’s 7th Brigade answered a resident’s call for help in Imbil, Queensland, as part Operation Flood Assist 2022. CAPTION:

Royal Australian Navy sailor Able Seaman Clearance Diver Jake Phillips prepares to survey ferry terminal pylons along the Brisbane River as part of Operation Flood Assist 2022. Photo by Corporal Julia Whitwell.

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Operation Flood Assist 2022 – Update

10/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1750 Views 0 Comments Operation Flood Assist 2022

CAPTION: Royal Australian Navy sailor Able Seaman Clearance Diver Jake Phillips prepares to survey ferry terminal pylons along the Brisbane

Private Rory Khochoba (left) from 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, working alongside the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Adrian Schrinner, clearing debris from flood-damaged houses in Windsor, Brisbane. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Long. Photo by Corporal Jonathan Goedhart.

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Brisbane Lord Mayor rolled up his sleeves with Army

08/03/202210/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1999 Views 0 Comments 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Lord Mayor of Brisbane Adrian Schrinner rolled up his sleeves and worked side-by-side with soldiers from 6th Battalion, Royal Australia

Army soldiers from 6th Engineer Support Regiment assist with clean-up efforts in Lismore, NSW. Photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.

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Operation Flood Assist 2022 – Update

08/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2421 Views 0 Comments Operation Flood Assist 2022

CAPTION: Army soldiers from 6th Engineer Support Regiment assist with clean-up efforts in Lismore, NSW. Photo by Corporal Dustin Anderson.

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Defence chiefs to appear before Suicide Royal Commission

07/03/202206/03/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1884 Views 0 Comments Suicide Royal Commission

Some of Australia’s highest-ranking Defence personnel will give evidence during a two-week hearing of the Royal Commission into Defence and

Soldiers re-enact the Bombing of Darwin during an 80th anniversary commemorative ceremony in the Northern Territory. Story by Paul McAlonan. Photo by Leading Seaman Shane Cameron.

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The day WWII hit home

23/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2589 Views 0 Comments Bombing of Darwin, WWII

Ceremonies were held on February 19 to mark the 80th anniversary of the first attack on the Australian mainland. CAPTION:

RAAF aviators deployed on Operation Lilia prepare bags of rice before loading them onto C-27J Spartan aircraft for distribution to remote Solomon Islands' provinces. Story by Captain Peter March. Photo by Corporal Jarrod McAneney.

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ADF delivers urgent supplies in Solomon Islands

23/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3028 Views 0 Comments C-27J Spartan, COVID-19 Assist, Solomon Islands

ADF personnel have helped get urgent medical and food supplies to remote areas of Solomon Islands after a COVID-19 outbreak

An Army CH-47F Chinook helicopter lands on Kao Island, allowing three Tongan technicians to unload equipment to repair telecommunications equipment. Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath. Photo by Petty Officer Christopher Szumlanski..

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Chinook drops technicians to repair remote Tongan radio mast

23/02/202224/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2845 Views 0 Comments CH-47F Chinook, Operation Tonga Assist 2022

The Australian Defence Force has airlifted Tongan technicians to a usually cloud-obscured peak on Kao Island in Tonga to repair

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Suicide Royal Commission focus on Defence families

18/02/202218/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1922 Views 0 Comments Suicide Royal Commission

The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide will investigate how Defence families can be better supported ahead of the

Minister for Defence, Peter Dutton, tours the Australian Hypersonic Research Precinct with Professor Tanya Monro (right), Chief Defence Scientist. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Kate Czerny.

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Hypersonic precinct to supercharge research

15/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2991 Views 0 Comments Defence Science and Technology Group, University of Queensland

Minister for Defence Peter Dutton officially opened a new $14 million purpose-built hypersonic research and collaboration facility in Brisbane on

(l-r) Aircraftwoman Kate Ogilvie, Leading Aircraftwoman Laura Devine and Aircraftwoman Taryn Worby, Medical Technicians from 1 Expeditionary Health Squadron at an aged care facility in Victoria, prepare to provide support to staff as part of Operation COVID-19 Assist. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Jacqueline Forrester.

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ADF surges aged-care support

15/02/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 4266 Views 0 Comments COVID-19 Assist

Australian Defence Force personnel across Australia are gearing up to further support the aged-care sector, following a request from Emergency

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DVA to give first evidence at Suicide Royal Commission

14/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1877 Views 0 Comments Suicide Royal Commission

Members of the Department of Veterans Affairs will give evidence publicly for the first time during the second hearing of

Australian Army Captain Amelia Thompson and Corporal Jade Hipkiss-Winder, Mr Roji Kurian and Royal Australian Navy Able Seaman Emily McNeill at an aged-care facility in Frankston in Victoria. Photo by Private Michael Currie.

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Emergency Management Australia takes charge of aged-care crisis – deploys ADF

07/02/202227/02/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2335 Views 0 Comments COVID-19 Assist

At the request of Emergency Management Australia*, the Australian Defence Force is providing limited support to aged-care facilities impacted by